A vulnerability exist in the way Help and Support Center (HSC) validates URLs with the scheme hcp://. There is a vulnerability in the way the Microsoft Help and Support Center processes URL strings. The vulnerability could be exploited to run malicious JavaScript code in the security context of "My Computer Zone". The behaviour of the victim system depends on the malicious code executed when the vulnerability is triggered.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated,
update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update.
For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft HSC URL RemoteCodeExecution (MS04-011) - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.